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- pronunciation:
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li
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a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile.
"The clouds sped by in the wind like sailboats" is an example of a simile. |
adjective + (n.)simile
amused,
colorful,
complicated,
deferred,
distant,
effective,
epic,
extended,
famous,
helpful,
key,
like,
literary,
misleading,
original,
perfect,
poetic,
pre-facing,
prefacing,
secondary,
surprising,
upward,
used,
useful,
vivid
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verb + (n.)simile
appear,
argue,
blur,
bother,
capture,
contain,
differ,
disapprove,
employ,
fill,
forge,
involve,
lie,
model,
note,
occur,
open,
pop,
preface,
present,
produce,
program,
prove,
reflect,
remind,
sense,
treat,
use
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noun + (n.)simile
beast,
bit,
cattle,
clause,
comparison,
device,
difference,
domain,
figure,
focus,
foreground,
form,
image,
imagery,
journey,
language,
meaning,
metaphor,
modeling,
object,
opening,
passage,
perception,
phrase,
poem,
pound,
prefacing,
search,
sense,
series,
similarity,
sonnet,
statement,
structure,
symbol,
topic,
use,
vehicle,
word
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The word simile
contains the following part:
sim, semb
Latin
root
that means like, similar
  Example words:
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